sour cream streusel coffee cake

(2 RATINGS)
126 Pinches
Atlanta, GA
Updated on Sep 17, 2010

A yummy coffee cake that goes well with tea too!

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yield 8-10 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cups coarsely chopped walnuts
  • 1 1/4 cups brown sugar, light (packed)
  • 4 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 4 1/2 teaspoons cocoa, unsweetened
  • 6 tablespoons dried currants
  • 3 cups cake flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup (1 1/2 stick) unsalted butter, room temp
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 - (16oz) container sour cream
  • GLAZE
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon milk

How To Make sour cream streusel coffee cake

  • Step 1
    Preheat oven to 350. Butter 12cup Bundt pan. Mix 1st 5 ingredients in small bowl. Set nut mixture aside. Sift flour,baking soda,baking powder and salt into medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat butter and 1 1/2 cup sugar in large bowl until blended. Beat in eggs one at a time. Mix in vanilla. Mix dry ingredients and sour cream alternately into butter mixture in 3 additions. Beat batter on high 1 minute.
  • Step 2
    Pour 1/3 of batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle with half of nut mixture. Spoon 1/3 of batter over. Sprinkle with remaining nut mixture. Spoon remaining batter over.
  • Step 3
    Bake cake until tester inserted near center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool cake in pan on rack 10 minutes. Cut around pan sides to loosen cake. Turn cake out onto rack and cool 1 hour. Transfer to platter.
  • Step 4
    Whisk powdered sugar and milk in small bowl until smooth. Drizzle over coffee cake. Serve slightly warm or at room temp. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cool completely. Wrap in foil and let stand at room temp).

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